regimen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Orderly government; system of order; administration.
  2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
  3. Object.
  4. A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.
  5. Diet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/ en-us-regimen.ogg

Word forms

regimen regimens regimina

Etymology

From Middle English regimen, from Middle French regimen and its etymon, Latin regimen (“guidance, direction, government, rule”). Doublet of regime.

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